Comment on FR Doc # 2026-09182

I support ATF’s proposed revisions to Form 4473. The current process has accumulated decades of overlapping rulings, redundant fields, and paperwork requirements that create compliance risk for licensed dealers without adding meaningful safeguards. This proposal is a welcome, overdue modernization. Doubling the NICS validity window reduces the number of transactions that lapse or require re-initiation for administrative reasons rather than eligibility concerns. Permitting electronic forms, auto-population, and attached digital copies brings the process in line with how most other regulated paperwork is already handled, cutting transcription errors and processing time for FFLs. Streamlining identity and residency documentation — including removing the county requirement, which isn’t found in the underlying statute — removes a source of frequent, minor compliance mistakes that have led to unnecessary citations against otherwise compliant dealers. Consolidating scattered ATF rulings into a single, current regulatory text also makes the law easier for both dealers and buyers to actually find and follow. Taken together, these changes reduce administrative burden without weakening the core purpose of the form: documenting eligibility and supporting the NICS check. I encourage ATF to finalize these revisions.